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BURDENS  

Greek: burden = baros = weight
= phortion = load to be borne
= bareomai = to be burdened

1.   Matthew 11:28-30

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BURDENS  

Greek: burden = baros = weight
= phortion = load to be borne
= bareomai = to be burdened

1.   Matthew 11:28-30

“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,  and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in heart; and he shall find rest unto your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden (phortion) is light.”

2.   II Corinthians 5:4

“For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened (bareomai): not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.”

3.   Galatians 6:2

“Bear ye one another’s burdens (baros), and so fulfill the law of Christ.”

4.   Galatians 6:5 “For every man shall bear his own burden (phortion).”  

 

 

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